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Former Caregiver Faces 70 Charges in Child Abuse Scandal

7/16/2025

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Joshua Dale Brown, a former childcare worker in Melbourne, is confronting over 70 charges of child abuse involving eight innocent victims aged just five months to two years. As authorities probe his employment across 23 centres from 2017 to 2025, over 2,600 families have been reached out to, with 1,200 children urged to undergo STI testing, igniting widespread public outrage.

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Joshua Dale Brown, a former childcare worker in Melbourne, is confronting over 70 charges of child abuse involving eight innocent victims aged just five months to two years. As authorities probe his employment across 23 centres from 2017 to 2025, over 2,600 families have been reached out to, with 1,200 children urged to undergo STI testing, igniting widespread public outrage.